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Nature Moments: Last Chance Dance in Plants

by Jenn Schmitt

News & Notes · July 6, 2018

Nature Moments Ladyslippers

Flowers look so innocent. But just like humans, they can be manipulative and very picky about their mates, as illustrated by ladyslippers and irises, two common bumble-bee pollinated plants.

Nature Moments are produced by Nat Wheelwright and Wilder Nicholson, with help from Genie Wheelwright, Paul Benham, Tom Porter, and Rebecca Goldfine.

View all Nat’s Nature Moments videos — and subscribe to receive them in your inbox (select “Maine’s Naturalist”).

Filed Under: News & Notes Tagged With: Nat Wheelwright, Nature Moments, pollination

Jenn Schmitt

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  1. Diane Cowan says

    July 7, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Wicked cool.

    A couple of questions:

    Why doesn’t the blue flag iris pollinate herself in the first place?
    What’s the advantage of the bee to the flower?
    It’s the same pollen, right? Or is bee maybe carrying other pollen, too

    Just wondering

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